Energy Predicament

Notes Toward a Better Understanding of Six Intersecting Pieces of the Energy Puzzle: Climate Change, Peak Resources, Nuclear Proliferation, Food Security, Speculative Finance, and Geopolitics

November 5, 2008

Tar Sands



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Table of Contents

  • A. Introduction (3)
  • B. Defining the Problem (25)
  • C. Capital Markets (48)
  • D. Patterns of Dependence (12)
  • E. Climate Change (79)
  • E. Climate Skeptics (13)
  • F. Peak Oil (60)
  • G. Nuclear Power (27)
  • H. Food and Water (65)
  • I. Geopolitics (62)
  • J. Iran and Non-Proliferation (16)
  • K. Infrastructure (5)
  • L. The Oil Market (36)
  • M. Natural Gas (37)
  • N. Coal (21)
  • O. Tar Sands (13)
  • P. Wind and Solar (30)
  • R. Consumption and Efficiency (29)
  • S. Population (2)
  • T. Pandemics (5)

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      • The Overall Idea
      • Five Difficult Pieces
      • My General Perspective
      • New Frontier
      • Oil Conversion Factors
      • Oil Consumption by Country 2007
      • Comparative Costs for Generating Electricity
      • Crash of 08 and Energy
      • Israel's Fears
      • Shares of Nuclear Power Generation
      • The Non Proliferation Treaty
      • Iran's Case
      • Changes in Temperature, Sea Level and Snow Cover
      • Rising CO2 Emissions, Rising Temperatures
      • Global Leaders in Emissions
      • Growth of CO2 Emissions Since 1988
      • Warming in 21st Century
      • Arctic Ice Cap Disappearing
      • Melting Ice Sheets, Rising Sea Levels
      • Sea Level Rises at 1, 3, 10, and 20 Meters
      • Time Running Out
      • Varying Targets for Greenhouse Gases
      • The Impossible Dilemma
      • Some Reasons for Skepticism
      • Nay-Sayers
      • Energy's Bull Market Broken?
      • Two Spectacular Crashes
      • By a Waterfall, I'm Calling You-ou-ou-ou
      • Estimates of Ultimate Recovery of Oil
      • Top Ten Original Oil Endowments by Nation
      • Oil Prices: Trickier Than You May Think
      • Oil Discovery and Production: The Growing Gap
      • Discovery Lags Production: By Decade from 1900
      • Hubbert's Peak
      • Whopper from IEA: Output Declining 9% a year
      • Timing of Peak Oil: Various Estimates
      • Low Oil Prices Destroy Competition
      • Nuclear Melts Down
      • No Respect for Natural Gas
      • Efficient Market Theory Verified
      • Old vs. New: Coal and Alternative Energy
      • Making It Up in the Oil Patch
      • Tar Sands
      • US Electricity Usage Doubles from 1973
      • Energy Flow
      • Oil Producing Countries Past Peak
      • States Gaining and Losing Oil Production
      • Oil Depletion Protocol (Colin Campbell)
      • World Oil Production (Sept 2008)
      • Disruption to BTC pipeline
      • Perspectives on Nuclear Power
      • Thumbs Down to Tar Sands
      • Coal: Contending Perspectives
      • Natural Gas: Contending Perspectives
      • Price Spikes of 1990 and 2008
      • Unplugging the Saudis
      • New Technology No Salvation
      • Oil Projections for Middle East
      • Estimating the Probabilities to 2015
      • From the Peak: Decline Rates and New Supplies
      • Infrastructure Needs
      • Per Capita Oil Consumption
      • Coal Share of Electricity Supply
      • Diversity in World Liquids Supply
      • Energy Prices Per BTU 1980-2030
      • Oil Use by Sector to 2025
      • US Oil Gap to 2025
      • Oil Production in North America to 2030
      • Wind Power 2006
      • Hubbert's Vision
      • Oil Shale and Tar Sands in 3 Western States
      • US Natural Gas Pipeline Network 2008
      • Natural Gas Pipelines from Russia to Europe (2005)
      • Crude Oil Seaborne Trade
      • Geothermal Possibilities
      • The Big Three
      • Official Projections Show Big Increase to 2025
      • Petrol Consumption per Day
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About Me

My name is David C. Hendrickson.

I teach international relations and American foreign policy at Colorado College.

This link will take you to my personal website at CC.

Preface

  • Point of Origin
  • My Basic Position
  • Charts, Graphs, and Tables
  • Maps

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DISCLAIMER

DISCLAIMER
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Important Essays, Reports, Websites

  • 50 Doomiest Stories of 2013
  • 50 Doomiest Graphs of 2010
  • Basic Documents on Climate Change
  • Breakthrough Institute
  • CERA: Future of Global Oil Supply
  • Climate Policy Initiative Report
  • Colin Campbell Speech to House of Commons, 1999
  • Colorado College: State of the Rockies
  • Earth Policy Institute
  • Encyclopedia of Earth
  • Energy Information Administration
  • Energy Watch Group Oct 2007 report
  • Global Climate Change Impacts in U.S.
  • Global Footprint Network
  • Global Water Partnership
  • Grantham Center
  • Interactive: The Global Oil Diet
  • Journal of Energy Security
  • Matt Simmons on Peak Oil
  • Rocky Mountain Institute: Reinventing Fire
  • Spencer Weart: The Discovery of Global Warming
  • Thomas Homer-Dixon
  • World Bank: Consequences of Global Warming
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